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e to ie and o to ue stem change (verbs that change in spelling)

preferir (e to ie)

prefiero

preferimos

prefieres

preferís

prefiere

prefieren

poder (o to ue)

puedo

podemos

puedes

podéis

puede

pueden

Your challenge is to remember the stem change and the verb ending!


Remember that these verbs are called "shoe verbs" for a reason. They don't change in nosotros or vosotros. So if you draw a line around the boxes in the chart that do change, it looks like a shoe.


Study resources:
http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/stemie.htm
http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/stemue.htm
http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/presente_stem_change.php